Soil moisture distribution and root characters as influenced by deficit irrigation through drip system in cotton-maize cropping sequence

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-53

  Sampathkumar, T ^a   Pandian, B J ^a   Mahimairaja, S ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Deficit irrigation; Root dry mass; Soil moisture content; Water stress

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CROPPING SEQUENCES; DEFICIT IRRIGATION; DRIP IRRIGATION; DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; DRIP SYSTEM; DRY MASS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; IRRIGATION LEVEL; LATERAL ROOTS; MOISTURE GRADIENT; NO-TILL; ROOT GROWTH; ROOT ZONE; ROOTING DEPTHS; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SOIL MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE IRRIGATION; WATER STRESS;

COTTON; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; WATER LEVELS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COTTON; CROPPING PRACTICE; DRIP IRRIGATION; DRY MATTER; FIELD SURVEY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER STRESS;

INDIA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84855207424     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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